Take control! Jabber technology enables you to run your own IM service, whether you want to host a public server or keep your messages safely behind the firewall. Thousands of organizations all over the world have freed themselves from legacy IM providers by running their own Jabber servers. Why not join them? Here's how to get started:

Check which version of Java you are running. Note the following: the .tar.gz build does not contain a bundled Java runtime (JRE). Therefore, you must have JDK or JRE 1.5.0 (Java 5) or later installed on your system. You can check your java version by typing "java -version" at the command line and (if necessary) upgrade your Java installation by visiting http://java.sun.com.)